John Adair papers, 1803-1804.

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John Adair papers, 1803-1804.

Includes an 1803 bond signed by John Adair, Charles Lynch, James Ray and Adam Guthrie to guarantee the obligation of John Adair to hold office as Land Register in the administration of Governor James Garrard; 1804 land patent in Madison County sold by J. Harris to [Higgeson] Grubbs issued by Adair; 1804 land patent sold by Henry Baker to William Jackson for Simon Kenton; and a copy of an article from the American Historical Register and Monthly Gazette of the Patriotic-Hereditary Societies of the United States of American, Volume 3, September 1895-February 1896, titled "General John Adair" and written by Mrs. M.T. Daveiss.

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